Combined collar-button and necktie-holder.



No. 868,535. I PATBNTED OUT. 15, 1907. F. D'AVERSA 6; J. GAMPANELLO.

COMBINED COLLAR BUTTON AND NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.1, 1906.

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UNITED sTA ns ATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND DAVEDSA AND JOHN GAMPANELLO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED COLLAR-BUTTON AND NECKT IE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

Application filed December 1, 1906. Serial No. 345.876.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that we, FERDINAND DAvnnsn and JOHN CAMPANELLO, citizens ofthe United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in aCombined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a combined collar button and necktie holderdesigned especially for use at the back of the neck, aml'comprises apair of separable button sections, together with a tie holder carried byone of said sections.

The invention has for its objects to provide a comparatively simple,inexpensive device 01 this character whereby the collar may beconveniently and securely attached to the shirt, one which when employedin connection with the commercial turn-down collar will space the layersof the collar to prevent binding of the tie therebetween, and one whichwhen utilized in this connection will effectually support the tie frombeneath and be practically invisible.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises the novell'eatures of construction and combination 01' parts more fullyhereinafter described.

in the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is rear perspective view of theholder carried by one member of the button. Fig. 2 is a frontperspective view oi the holder and the button member carried thereby.Fig. 3 is a side elevation oi the device, showing the tubular buttonmember in section. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation, showing a modifiedembodiment of the holder. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the same.

.Rcl'crring to the drawings, it will be seen that the device as a wholecomprises a pair oi separable button sections 1 and 2, ol' which thelatter, which is provided with a broad, flattened inner portion or shank3, is fixedly attached to and carried by a tie holder 4, preicr ablycomposed of shee metal and having one of its ends l'olded upon itself toform a substantially U-shaped tic engaging portion or hook (i, theengaging base face of which is convex as at 7 to l'acilitate l'reemovement ol' the tie, as more l'ully hereinaiter explained.

The button member 2, which is in the i'orm of a cyl inder stud and hasan enlarged outer end 8, is bilurcated longitudinally throughout aportion of its length to form a pair of relatively movable springsections or jaws 9, while the member 1, which is provided with end heads10, is of tubular form to fit upon the member 2 and has its central boreslightly enlarged at its iorward end to accommodate the head 8.

In practice, the button member 1 is introduced into the buttonhole or'buttonholes at the back of the shirt neckband and the member 2 carryingthe holder is inserted through the rear buttonhole oi the collar andentered into the tubular member 1 during which opera tion the jaws 9will pass through the member 1, it being understood that when the member2 is fully seated within the member 1 the jaws will spring apart withthe head 8 fitted in the enlarged end of the tubular member for holdingthe latter in place on the member 2. When the device is applied thecollar will be held on the shank portion 3 of the member 2 between theadjacent head 10 and tie holder, which latter will, in the instance ofthe turned over collar lie between the folds of the collar for spacingthem apart to permit free running movement oi the tie, which wilhbesupported from beneath by the hook 6 and the movement 01' which will befacilitated owing to the provision of the.

surface 7 on which the tie may ride freely.

In Figs. 4 and 5, there is shown a further modification oi the inventionwherein the tie holder is in the form of an elongated, longitudinallycurved member or plate 13 bent to coniorm to the curvature of the collarand having at its ends U-shaped tie engaging portions or hooks (iprovided'with iinner curved bearing walls 7, as in the instance of thedevice shown in Figs. 1 to This iorm oi the device, which is employedespecially in connection with turned down collars. serves to moreeffectually space the folds of the collar apart for the purpose ofpreventing the tie from binding therebetween. In other respects theconstruction and operation are the same as in the other iorms oi thedevice. It will be understood that when the device used in connectionwith a standing collar, the holder 4 will be disposed for the hook G toengage above the upper edge of the tie.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

l. A combined collar button and necktie holder compris ing a pair ofseparable button members, and a tie holder connected to one of saidmembers and provided with a tie engaging hook having a convex tiereceiving base.

2. A combined collar button and necktie holder compris ing a pair ofseparable button members and a tie holder attached to one of saidmembers, said holder comprising a normally curved plate, the terminalsof said plate having hooks to engage the tie, the bases of the tieengaging hooks being convex.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signature in presence of twowitnesses.

FERDINAND DAVERSA. JOHN CABIPANELLO. Witnesses SAMUEL LEBOVITZ, MAX M.KARP.

